1.01 [--] The Littlest Hobo: BLUE WATER SAILOR
24Sep1963 CTV network, Canada
27Sep1963 CJAY-7, Winnipeg, Manitoba Fri 6:30pm
Drama starring Hobo, a vagabond German shepherd dog who roams Canada seeking
adventure.
Synopsis 1:
A student runs a boat with only Hobo as his crew. [Winnipeg Free Press]
Synopsis 2:
A young man rebels against tedious school work and sets off
on a boat with only a dog as crew.
(US Syndication: 4Nov63 WJAC-6, Johnstown PA Mon 6:15pm Huntingdon News)

1.02 [--] The Littlest Hobo: DIE HARD
01Oct1963 CTV network, Canada
04Oct1963 CJAY-7, Winnipeg, Manitoba Fri 6:30pm
Guest Cast:
Keenan Wynn ......... Colton
Mario Alcade ........ Wallasheen
Synopsis 1:
Keenan Wynn portrays an irascible prospector who is injured and without water
in a hot desert after mistrusting, berating, and alienating his guide, a Native
American boy, and thus upon this grim scenario does come an altruistic canine
wanderer that chooses to lead the prospector through the arid wasteland and to
restore his amicable relationship with the youthful American Indian.
Synopsis 2:
An elderly prospector is injured and left to die alone in the desert.
He turned away his only friend when he feared he might have to give up
part of his gold mine.
Synopsis 3:
Keenan Wynn guest stars as an old prospector who finds himself alone and injured
on the desert. He is found by Hobo who helps him.
(Canadian syndication: 6Mar67 CKCK, ch.2, Regina, Saskatchewan, Monday 12:00
noon)

1.05 [--] The Littlest Hobo: CRY WOLF
12Oct1963 (US Syndication) WGAL-8, Lancaster PA Sat 7pm (Huntingdon News)
22Oct1963 CTV network, Canada
25Oct1963 CJAY-7, Winnipeg, Manitoba Fri 6:30pm
Guest Star
Nita Talbot
Synopsis 1:
A night club singer (Nita Talbot) with aspirations for fame and such desperation
to attain publicity for herself that she lies to police that she was the
near-victim
in a mysterious serial strangler's latest attack, an allegation that her new,
four-
legged friend and the police easily disprove but which leaves the singer
vulnerable
to a bona fide attack by the strangler when the police are disinclined to
believe her
legitimate plea for assistance and loyal London must hasten to her rescue to
prevent
a tragedy.
Synopsis 2:
A night club singer tries to gain publicity by claiming that she was the
near-victim of a strangler.
[TA]
Synopsis 3:
A publicity-seeking young singer claims she was the near victim of a strangler -
only to become involved with the real thing.
Synopsis 4:
A stranger terrorizes the city and a pretty nightclub entertainer. [TA]
(US syndication: 21Oct63 WJAC-6, Johnstown PA Mon 6:15pm Huntingdon News)
(US syndication: 01Dec64 WFMJ-21, Youngstown, Ohio, Tues 7pm)
(US Syndication: 06Mar65 WMAQ-5, Chicago, Saturday 5:00pm)

1.28 [--] The Littlest Hobo: EVERY GIRL SHOULD HAVE A DOLL (aka A DOLL TALKS)
31Mar1964 CTV network, Canada
03Apr1964 CJAY-7, Winnipeg, Manitoba Fri 6:30pm
25Apr1965 (US syndication) WGAL-8, Lancaster PA Sat 7pm (Huntingdon News)
Guest Cast:
Edgar Bergen ........ Hjalmer
David Hughes ........ Dr. Welch
Rosemary Round ...... Cathy
Barbara Cosgrove .... Mrs. Lewis
Gaylor Bryan ........ Dispatcher
Synopsis 1:
Ventriloquist Hjalmer Swensen saves London from the dog catcher. [MF]
Synopsis 2:
An unemployed ventriloquist helps London to escape the dog catcher and London in
turn helps get him permanent employment.
Synopsis 3:
Edgar Bergen with his famed trio of dummies and Hobo help cheer some children in
a hospital.
(US Syndication: 29Dec64 NBC WFMJ-YV Youngstown, Ohio, Tue 7pm) [RF]
(Canadian syndication: 05Jan69 Ch. 11, ChCh-Tv, Toronto, Sun) [MF] 14Mar1964 newspaper article:
"Edgar And Charlie In "Littlest Hobo"
Edgar Bergen will appear in a forthcoming episode of the CTV network's The
Littlest Hobo
series. He will play the role of an unemployed ventriloquist whom London the
abond dog
hero of the series assists to find a job. Bergen brings his dummies Charlie,
Mortimer,
and Effie into the episode which is titled "Every Girl Should Have a Doll."
Showing
date has not yet been announced. The series, produced in Canada, appears on CJAY
on Fridays.
28Mar1964 photo caption:
Edgar Bergen and Mortimer Snerd make the acquaintance of London, dog hero of
"The Littlest
Hobo" series in an episode, "A Doll Talks," which will appear on the CTV network
on Tuesday,
March 31, 1964. In the play Bergen appears as a ventriloquist whom London
befriends and
who brings his dummies to entertain patients in a children's hospital. The
series is filmed
in Vancouver B.C.

2.8 [--] The Littlest Hobo: LITTLE BOY BLUES
24Dec1964 (US Syndication) WJAC-6, Johnstown PA Thurs 7pm (Huntingdon News)
Prod. #8 (script 27July1964 / Rev. 28Aug1964)
Story Idea by Joan Hind-Smith
Teleplay by Barbara and Milton Merlin (Terry Wright, who appeared in this episode supplied the above info
- see Feedback section at the bottom of the guide)
Guest Cast:
Dennis Joel ......... Joey Costa
Terry Wright ....... as ?
Synopsis 1:
A New York Teenager feels out of place when he is sent
to live with his aunt and uncle in a small Kansas town. [TA]
Synopsis 2:
Joey Costa looks and acts like something right out of "West Side Story." Joey
doesn't
do anything to help himself, until Hobo comes along and becomes his friend. [TA]
(US syndication: 30Jan1965 on WGAL-8, Lancaster, Penn., Saturday 7:00pm)
(US Syndication: 08Jun1966 KTVU-2 San Francisco Wed. 7pm, San Mateo Times)

2.9 [--] The Littlest Hobo: HIGH SOCIETY
26Dec1964 (US Syndication) WGAL-8, Lancaster PA Sat 7pm (Huntingdon News)
07Dec1965 (repeat?) CTV Canada Tuesday
Guest Cast:
Keith Andes ........ Anthony Gramble
Lauri Mitchell ..... Tony
Synopsis 1:
By uncovering their pretence of belonging to high society, Hobo brings two young
people
to a realization that clothes don't make the man - nor the woman.
Synopsis 2:
High Society Hobo meets Anthony Gramble who is posing as a wealthy man in order
to
impress his debutante girlfriend Connie. Hobo discovers that Connie is playing
the
same game as Tony, and helps to expose each to the other.
(US Syndication: 11Feb1965 WJAC-6, Johnstown PA Thurs. 7pm Huntingdon News)
(US S yndication: 01Jun1966 KTVU-2 San Francisco Wed. 7pm, San Mateo Times)

2.13 [--] The Littlest Hobo: (episode title unknown)
(possibly "Grandma")
12Jan1964 CTV Canada Tuesday
Synopsis:
London saves an old lady from being shot in a bank robbery but she is really
the bank president with a cunning plan to deceive the board of directors.

2.15 [--] The Littlest Hobo: A.W.O.L.
26Jan1965 CTV Canada Tuesday
CTV Canada Repeat: 21Dec1965
Synopsis 1:
London tries to persuade a soldier and a young girl that running away won't
solve
their problems.
Synopsis 2:
London induces a young soldier who is AWOL and his girlfriend to reconsider
their
plans to run away together.
Synopsis 3:
Hobo helps two young people who have decided to go A.W.O.L. [TA]
(US Syndication: 09Apr1966 WGAL-8, Lancaster PA Sat 7pm Huntingdon News)
(US Syndication: 20Jul1966 KTVU-2 San Francisco Wed. 7pm, San Mateo Times)

2.16 [--] The Littlest Hobo: THE WITNESS
06Feb1965 (US Syndication) KTVU-2, Wed. 7pm
17Aug1965 (source?)
Synopsis 1:
London is the only witness to the murder of an attorney.
Synopsis 2:
Hobo witnesses the murder of a prominent attorney but is unable to prevent it.
He takes
various articles belonging to the murderer however and hands them over to the
police who
then confront the murderer with them.
Synopsis:
After London witnesses the murder of a prominent attorney, he brings the
suspect,
a law partner, to justice. [TA]
(US syndication: 06Nov65 WGAL-8, Lancaster PA Sat 7pm Huntingdon News)
(US syndication: 15May66 on WMAQ-5, Chicago, Sunday 3:30pm)
(US syndication: 23Jul66 on WMAQ-5, Chicago, Saturday 4:30pm)

2.17 [--] The Littlest Hobo: THE NEAR-SIGHTED MOUSE
09Feb1965 CTV Canada Tuesday
Synopsis 1:
London saves the day for young secretary when she loses her glasses without
which
she is virtually blind.
Synopsis 2:
Hobo saves the day for a pretty, timid, but very efficient young secretary. [JM]
(Canadian CTV broadcast: 09Feb65 CFRN, Edmonton AL, Tuesday 7:00pm)
(US Syndication: 18Mar1965 WJAC-6, Johnstown PA Thurs. 7pm Huntingdon News)

2.18 [--] The Littlest Hobo: YOU CAN'T BUY A FRIEND
16Feb1965 CTV Canada Tuesday
Guest cast:
Noah Berry Jr. ....... Miles Winslow
Rosemary DeCamp ...... Angela Spencer
Synopsis 1 (U K):
Angela Spencer, wealthy and lonely widow, pays Miles Winslow
$500 for Hobo. When Winslow finds a job, he decides to return the
money; and Hobo, sensing that they have each found a new friend,
takes to the road.
(UK syndication: 05Jun65 ABC Midlands/North UK, Sat 5.15pm)
Synopsis 2:
London allows himself to be sold to a wealthy widow by a man who is
down on his luck. [TA]
(US syndication: 25Jan66, WITN-7, Washington, NC)
(US syndication: 13Mar65 WGAL-8, Lancaster PA Sat 7pm Huntingdon News)

2.21 [--] The Littlest Hobo: (episode title unknown)
02Mar1965 CTV Canada Tuesday
Synopsis:
London unmasks a bandit whom he has seen rob a motorist and then must convince
the
sheriff that it is his deputy who is really the robber.

2.23 [--] The Littlest Hobo: THE SEARCH (1 of 2)
16Mar1965 CTV Canada Tuesday
Synopsis:
London becomes involved with a gang responsible for a robbery but after finding
the loot he is able to clear one suspect who has been falsely accused.
(US Syndication: 17Apr1965 WGAL-8, Lancaster PA Sat 7pm Huntingdon News)

2.27 [--] The Littlest Hobo: (episode title unknown)
03Aug1965 Repeat? CTV Canada Tuesday
Synopsis 1:
A former professional hockey player now down and out is attempting a come-back
Hobo
helps the man avoid the influence of a racketeer who wants him to throw a game.
Synopsis 2:
London and a fading hockey star battle with gamblers who attempt to fix a hockey
game. [TA]
(US syndication: 30Jul66 on WMAQ-5, Chicago, Saturday 4:30pm)

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##############################################From : Terry Wright <terry_wright@hotmail.com>
Sent : Wednesday, July 21, 2004 7:07 PM
Subject : Littlest Hobo - missing episodes
A short note on a couple episodes you are missing from the first series.
I used to live in West Vancouver and appeared as a bit player in two
episodes.
I stumbled across a couple scripts used in the filming ...
July 27, 1964 'LITTLE BOY BLUES' story Idea by Joan Hind-Smith
Teleplay by Barbara and Milton Merlin
'PROD #8'
There are modifications made to the script indicated by blue sheets
'Rev.28 Aug/64'
The second script is a mimeograph copy with
'THE OLD MAGIC' By N.B. Stone, Jr.
I can't remember what they were about and haven't read the scripts
yet. Yours,
Terry Wright

Was "Maybe Tommorow" always the theme to the Littlest Hobo, I seem to
recall a different tune from my younger years, I can only remember a
small piece of this tune but maybe it will ring a bell with you, it went
"And I know I hungered to be free,
Roaming is the only life for me,
Im traveling along the way
Im traveling along the way without end".

Maybe you know this song?,
I was so sure it was from the Littlest Hobo.
Regards
Kevin Marchant <nightlife@optusnet.com.au> Jan 2003

Filmed in Canada, THE LITTLEST HOBO TV series was originally broadcast in 1963
in black and white, aired for three seasons and then made a noteworthy comeback
to even heavier syndication in 1979, this time in color. The show was so popular
that it ran until 1985. THE LITTLEST HOBO was one of the few shows on TV to
feature something other than a human regular as the star. That unique star - a
profoundly intelligent stray German shepherd named Hobo (real name - London)
wanders around helping people resolve their crises, and leaving them forever
changed in the process. Boundless warmth, humor and suspense combine to make
this 12 episode TV collection involving a captivating canine's adventures, a
remarkably touching and memorable experience for the entire family.

DVD FEATURES
The first three episodes in the series are available in
color for the very first time!
As a bonus, the theme song from the series, "Road Without End" by Ronald Stein
and sung by Randy Sparks, is available as a separate selection.
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